Yankees closer Mariano Rivera has famously — or infamously, depending where your allegiance may fall — dominated the game in a way no other reliever has, doing so, of course, mainly on the shoulders of one pitch: the cutter. And his resume reads like a who’s who for future Hall of Famers: 12-time All-Star, finished in the top five for the Cy Young Award five times, numerous reliever-of-the-year nods, ALCS MVP, and World Series MVP.

In recognition of one of the more prominent careers, Rivera’s getting the full pre-retirement treatment as he winds his way through the season. And in the second game of yesterday’s double-header the Panama-born right-hander made what could be his final trek through Cleveland, receiving complimentary gifts and a video tribute.

In honor of Rivera, here’s a look back at some of his more memorable moments and stats against the Tribe:

On October 5, 1997, Rivera blew the first postseason save of his career; surrendering a solo homerun to catcher Sandy Alomar Jr. The greatest closer of all time would go another 56 postseason innings until blowing another.

Following the blown save, Rivera never allowed the Indians to score another run in 9.1 postseason innings.

Alomar’s dinger would be one of just two postseason homers allowed — in 141 innings.

Ryan Garko is one of just three HBPs offered up by Rivera in the postseason (2007, Game 2 of the ALDS).

Rivera accumulated 29 of his 623 career saves against the Indians, or 4.7%.

His career ERA against Cleveland, 2.83, is more than a half run higher than his career mark (2.21).

Excluding the playoffs, he gave up only three homeruns against Cleveland in his career: two in 1997 (Jim Thome and Marquis Grissom) and one in 2002 (Bill Selby, obviously).

Rivera never threw a wild pitch against Cleveland; of course, he only has 13 in his career.

The most successful player against Rivera that spent time with the Indians (20 PA+): Juan Gonzalez, who hit .250/.280/.542 in 25 trips to the plate.

Former Tribe slugger Jim Thome has more walks, 8, against Rivera than any other player.

Former Indians second baseman Roberto Alomar is tied for tops with three doubles against him.

Manny Ramirez owns two distinctions involving Rivera: he’s faced him the most (53 PA) and owns the most strikeouts (15).

The Indians own a career .232/.290/.303 against Rivera at Jacob’s/Progressive Field.

The Cleveland faithful have personally witnessed 16 of his saves in Cleveland.

Personally, it’s been a joy watching Rivera throughout his brilliant career, firing that deadly cutter to both sides of the plate with sniper-like accuracy. And the bats. Man, oh, man, the bats. It’s unconfirmed, but rumor has it Louisville Slugger saw a 123% uptick in sales since Rivera’s rookie year in 1995.

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Of course it would be Bill Selby..duh! haha. Great article and nice reflection on Mo’s career. He’s one of a kind, one of the most dominent late inning pitchers to ever put on a uniform. He was a pleasure to watch…nice to see certain Indians have some form of sucess against him. I’m glad you started off with Sandy’s HR, because that imagined is burned in my head.